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Opening

Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Come, let us worship God our King.
Come, let us worship Christ, our King and our God.
Come, let us worship Christ among us, our King and our God.

Holy God,
holy and mighty,
holy immortal one,
have mercy upon us. (3x)

Glory be to the + Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

From Psalm 51

Open my lips, O Lord, *
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, *
and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from your presence *
and take not your holy Spirit from me.

Give me the joy of your saving help again *
and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.

Glory be to the + Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

A Psalm

Psalm 7

O Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me;

Lest like a lion they tear me in pieces and snatch me away with none to deliver me.

O Lord my God, if I have done these things: if there is any wickedness in my hands,

If I have repaid my friend with evil, or plundered him who without cause is my enemy;

Then let my enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life into the ground, and lay my honor in the dust.

Stand up, O Lord, in your wrath; rise up against the fury of my enemies.

Awake, O my God, decree justice; let the assembly of the peoples gather round you.

Be seated on your lofty throne, O Most High; O Lord, judge the nations.

Give judgment for me according to my righteousness, O Lord, and according to my innocence, O Most High.

Let the malice of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; for you test the mind and heart, O righteous God.

God is my shield and defense; he is the savior of the true in heart.

God is a righteous judge; God sits in judgment every day.

If they will not repent, God will whet his sword; he will bend his bow and make it ready.

He has prepared his weapons of death; he makes his arrows shafts of fire.

Look at those who are in labor with wickedness, who conceive evil, and give birth to a lie.

They dig a pit and make it deep and fall into the hole that they have made.

Their malice turns back upon their own head; their violence falls on their own scalp.

I will bear witness that the Lord is righteous; I will praise the Name of the Lord Most High.

Glory be to the + Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and always and forever and ever. Amen.

The Readings

Romans 15:1-7

English Standard Version

We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus